I was fine with the Cubs-Braves-Cubs portion of his career trajectory; it was symmetrical and pleasant to see that, if he had to leave Atlanta after all those years, it was to go back to where he broke into the majors.

back when talking baseball in fla meant talking about the braves...and talking about the braves meant talking about the dream rotation of smoltz, glavine, and my favorite, greg maddux...back when i still cared...maddux was a role model worthy of that role, amid a sea of worthless ones.